Large truck accidents can cause painful injuries and fatalities. According to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, large truck accidents have been on the rise, with 74 fatalities and more than 1,900 injuries in 2011....
In 1891, Arthur Conan-Doyle wrote a Sherlock Holmes short story entitled “A Case of Identity”. In it, he solves a mystery in part by determining that several different letters were all typed on the same typewriter: "It is a curious thing," remarked...
Prince George's County has enacted legislation that grants a right of first refusal to the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) prior to the sale of a multifamily rental facility. The bill was signed by the County Executive on...
If you think like me, you were thinking that the $1,000 fee for designating a case to the Business Court would be recoverable as an item of costs if you were successful in the case.... By: Brooks Pierce
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has released a consultation paper, seeking feedback on proposed reforms to its class order relief and guidance for employee incentive schemes. An updated version of its Regulatory Guide on...
In a number of cases, the plaintiffs’ strategy in collective active litigation under the Fair Labor Standards Act may fall into a familiar pattern: file the case, do minimal discovery, move for conditional certification under the first-tier lenient...
On October 31, 2013, U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell issued Order No. 3330 to establish a Department-wide mitigation strategy that focuses on mitigation opportunities at the landscape level. Order No. 3330 is part of a larger effort required by...
As 2013 comes to an end, we are considering a number of issues that employers might be facing at the end of the year. Our year-end blog series will cover issues such as seasonal hiring, religious discrimination claims stemming from the holidays,...
As 2013 comes to an end, we are considering a number of issues that employers might be facing at the end of the year. Our year-end blog series will cover issues such as seasonal hiring, religious discrimination claims stemming from the holidays,...
In Federal Trade Commission v. Actavis, Inc., the Supreme Court, in a 5-3 decision written by Justice Breyer, reversed the Eleventh Circuit's dismissal of an FTC complaint under Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act[1] challenging a...
